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Parental Consent May Soon Be Required for Minor Mental Health Services in Ohio

Client Alert
June 25, 2025

HB 172 seeks to repeal ORC Section 5122.04, which permits mental health professionals to provide outpatient mental health services to minors ages fourteen (14) or older without parent/guardian knowledge or consent. Under current Ohio law, minors can consent to no more than six (6) sessions or thirty (30) days of mental health services, whichever occurs sooner. The repeal would require parental consent for minors ages fourteen (14) or older to receive outpatient mental health services.

HB 172 also seeks to remove language from ORC Section 3129.03 referencing ORC Section 5122.04 which, under the bill, would now mandate parent/guardian consent in all situations when a mental health professional is diagnosing or treating a gender-related condition without the existence of any statutory exception. Eliminating ORC Section 5122.04 would compromise the confidentiality of a minor’s protected health information by allowing their parents to access information related to utilization of mental health services. HB 172 had its first hearing in the House Health Committee on May 21, 2025.

Please contact BMD Healthcare Member Daphne Kackloudis at dlkackloudis@bmdllc.com or Attorney Jordan Burdick at jaburdick@bmdllc.com with any questions you may have regarding the potential impacts from this policy change.

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